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Medical attention in the form of four small robots and two stretchers arrived shortly after the match was over, carrying both Izuku and Bakugo off the battlefield and towards the nurse's office.

All Might saw them off as they left, with Mina, Enso, and Sero watching the two get carried away.

Sero had an icepack on his cheek where he gotten punched by Mina, "All Might, what happened exactly?"

All Might sighed. "Well, young Midoriya and Bakugo fought at a greater power than expected... You may see the footage later if you wish, but for now, we have to move on with class. Let us go over the results of your match in the monitoring room."

The three students followed their teacher back, with Mina curiously eyeing Enso and the suit he wore as his hero costume.

When they got back to the monitoring room, everyone was quiet, still trying to comprehend exactly what happened throughout that entire battle.

All Might walked to the front of the room and tried to get things back on track. "Now, the official winner of this exercise was team A, due to Ashido being successful in securing the bomb. However, could anyone tell me who they believe is the MVP out of both teams?"

No one said a word, not even Momo wished to answer that question, as her mind was only fretting about Izuku's condition. Ochako had stopped crying, but had her head down worry, thinking about Izuku as well.

Seeing that no one was raising their hand, All Might decided to choose the person he knew was the most analytical of the room so far.

"Alright Ureshi, could you tell us your thoughts?"

Enso's eye twitched, "Why me?"

"Because I have no doubt that you already have many opinions!"

Enso rubbed the back of his head and sighed, "Fine... If you're asking about the MVP based on who had the biggest impact of the fight, then I would have to say... still Izuku."

"Oh? Do explain why you believe that Enso!"

"What a hassle... Well, speaking about the others first, obviously Bakugo was the worst among the group. Leaving his teammate to defend the bomb alone in order to settle a personal grudge he had against Izuku, nearly blasting the boy to death. I'm sure you all noticed how mad he seemed when it comes to Izuku."

"I think mad is an understatement..." Toru sweatdropped.

Enso continued, "Leaving his teammate Sero to face an opponent with an obvious advantage against him, such a foolish idea. As for Sero, he didn't do anything too bad. In fact, he lasted much longer than expected against Ashido despite the disadvantage he had. He wasn't able to properly communicate with his teammate, but that's more of Bakugo's fault than his own."

"He wouldn't listen to anything I said..." Sero said with a sigh.

"Mina did suggest the method to jump onto the building with Izuku, but when she did get to the bomb, she immediately gave away her position rather foolishly. And when fighting Sero, she was far too reckless with her attacks that she nearly spread acid onto the bomb several times."

"Urk!" Mina looked away and whistled casually.

"As far that I see, Izuku did the most to help win the exercise. He listened to his teammate's opinions and was the one who came up with a plan to keep Bakugo busy and give Mina the time to secure the bomb. He carried out his part and did much more by successfully taking Bakugo down."

"Well, while all that may be true, it appears Midoriya ended up causing the most destruction in the battle, destroying multiple floors and violently injuring Bakugo."

Enso crossed his arms, "There was clearly something wrong with him there. He wouldn't just lash out like that on own his own accord, that may not have been him... in a way."

There was some muttering among the class, wondering what he could've meant by that. Momo and Ochako knew fully well that Izuku wouldn't do something that... 'destructive' by himself. There had to be other things playing into it.

All Might obvious also knew that about his successor. "I see, where you're getting at, it may have to do with his quirk for all we know. But for now, let us continue on with the training!"

Mina nudged her best friend, Toru Hagakure, who both grew up knowing each other early.

"Hey Toru, what happened to Midori and Bakugo exactly? I was fighting Sero and had no clue what you guys were talking about."

"Um, well... I think you should just see for yourself later. They'll allow us to rewatch our battle videos later." Hagakure responded.

"Pooey..." Mina pouted.

With that, the class continued. Pair by pair of teams performed in the same activity, protecting a bomb or going to retrieve it. It allowed everyone to get a better of each other's quirks and abilities, but despite this, there were some people that were still worrying about Izuku. Momo, Ochako, and even Mina were worried, especially after seeing the condition the boy was in at the end.

Enso didn't seem very worried. Instead, he had a look of curiosity on his face as he hung out at the back of the room, analyzing the different states Izuku's body maintained throughout his battle. He saw the large activity Izuku had in his brain during the time, indicating high amounts of stress and anger just before he used his mysterious power.

"Stress and anger... This must've triggered this 'special power' in Izuku to surround his body right before getting hit by that explosion, shielding him to be able to survive."

Enso examined Izuku's state after taking the blast, seeing fewer signs of unusual activity in the boy's brain.

"Right here, he's clearly unconscious, yet there is still energy moving around him. There was no way that he was consciously using it."

He fast forward to the moment Izuku got back up, where the boy's heart rate became abnormally fast and his brain activity was all over the place.

"So was he truly awake when he unleashed this power on Bakugo? What did he think about in the last moments before getting hit? I'll have to ask him later and maybe even look into his mind..."

He heard someone cough, prompting him to look up and see All Might staring down at him.

"Yes?"

"Don't tell me you haven't been paying attention this entire time?"

"Not particularly."

All Might and the class sweatdropped.

"Well, it is finally time for you and Iida to go up!" He turned to the class, "The next battle will be between team I of Enso Ureshi and Tenya Iida, against team J of Eijiro Kirishima, Uraraka Ochako, and Yuga Aoyama!"

"Au revoir!" yelled Aoyama, winking fabulously and dashing out of the room.

"We'll see you on the field!" Kirishima grinned.

Ochako looked rather nervous as she went outside with them.

Enso watched them leave and looked down at his watch one last time, "Guess this will have to wait until after class..."

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~{Outside}~

Enso and Iida stood side by side one another, both gazing up at the tall building a few floors high.

Iida then turned to him with karate-chopping motions, "Enso! I suggest we avoid a direct confrontation with the other team! I have no doubt that they will use their advantage of numbers to overwhelm us!"

"I suppose so. I don't exactly know strong or experience any of those three are, but I believe that I could take them."

"You're not thinking of rushing in are you!?"

"Of course not. I always did prefer a more stealthy approach in any situation." He turned and directly looked at Iida. "If I recall, your power lets you run in accelerated speeds, so fighting in those small hallways and sharp turns are a clear disadvantage for you."

Iida put a hand on the chin of his mask, "I see... I suppose it would be trouble for me to fight indoors, at least if it isn't an open room. And it'll be too risky for me to fight against Uraraka, one touch from her will render me completely immobile in the air. She might know this and keep the bomb into a small room..."

"Don't worry, I'll find out exactly where they are, just be quiet and let me focus." Enso declared as he took a step forward.

"Hm?" Iida stared rather curiously at him.

Enso stopped in front of the building and clapped his hands together in front of him.

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, a blue aura forming around him.

"Punk Style- Calm Mind." He calmly said as the entire world turned to darkness around him.

There was complete silence in the darkness enclosing Enso, the boy focusing peacefully on his surroundings.

The sound of a single drop of water dripped onto a completely calm ocean, causing many ripples to spread through the water that was the world around him.

In Enso's mind, these ripples kept spreading and detected everything surrounding him in a large radius, where the ripples would then trail off. White shapes of buildings emerged in the darkness, the outlines of all surrounding objects appeared, and he heard every small sound being made, including the footsteps of people.

He opened his eyes, blue eyes changing back to red and his blue aura fading. "They're on the second to last floor up, so we should go to the roof to surprise them."

Iida was shocked, "You can feel the other team's location!? Your quirk lets you do that!?"

Enso turned to him, "Sort of. I won't explain my quirk right now, but with the energy I focus from it and from the training of sharpening my senses, I've developed that technique to help be aware of everything in my surroundings."

"Calm Mind... Brute style? I know Midoriya has briefly mentioned to Enso's different styles of fighting, but he didn't tell me he had moves with them." Iida thought in wonder.

"Preparation time over! Let the battle begin!" All Might called out.

"Nani!? We don't even have a plan of attack yet!" Iida shouted.

"I've got a plan." Enso said as he grabbed Iida by the wrist.

Iida blinked, "Eh?"

"Attack."

Enso grew a white aura and matching eyes, then firmly holding Iida and pulling him up.

"Huh!? Enso, what are you-!?"

Eno then flung Iida high into the air towards the roof of the building.

"EHHHHH-!?" Iida shouted as he was suddenly thrown upward.

Enso crouched down and focused his power before then leaping into the air after Iida, both flying to the roof.

Iida landed right on his back on the rood, "Urk!"

Enso front flipped in the air and landed on his feet, standing up and adjusting his collar, "Let's go."

"A rather unique way of bringing someone with you that high..." All Might sweatdropped in the monitoring room.

Iida shook hunched over the ground in pain, body twitching. "Wh-Why...?"

"It was the fastest way to get us up here. The other team must've heard us land on the roof though, so we'll have to be careful." Enso warned him.

"My back and bottom hurt..." Iida muttered as he shakingly rose back to his feet.

"Sorry about that, let's go." Enso said but didn't sound sincere.

Enso and Iida went down the stairs and walked down a narrow hallway, with Enso leading Iida and Iida keeping watch of the back in case anyone came by.

"They were around here if I remember." Enso walked to the corner of the hall and stopped, lifted his hand into a halt signal to Iida.

Enso peeked around the corner and saw the path ahead was rather dark.

"I could see why they would decide to place the bomb in the area ahead... The darkness gives them the advantage to ambush us."

Enso went around the corner, still signaling Iida to remind still and silent, and went further into the hall.

"But the ambush will be just as obvious..."

Enso suspicions were correct as a sudden white laser emerged out of the darkness and headed straight for him. He immediately went into Brute Style and raised up his forearms in front of him, shielding himself from the laser.

Upon connection, the laser split into several different directions, each part of the wall it struck clearly leaving a mark.

Iida stepped from around the corner, "That was Aoyama's laser! Are the other two with him?"

"Oi! Aoyama get back! They're both together! We need to regroup with Uraraka so we could take them on!", yelled out another voice.

"That must be Kirishima." Enso said aloud as he heard the sound of footsteps running away. "They're retreating. Let's follow them, I have no doubt that the bomb is just ahead."

"Yes, sir!" Iida shouted as he followed Enso with a light jog.

The hallway was dark, but Enso was vigilant, his sharp senses picking up small echoes of noise that he followed. He and Iida soon came upon a door at the end of the hallway, both of them placing their backs against the sides.

Enso listened and heard light footsteps with small murmurs, "They're in there." he whispered to Iida.

"I see... How should we infiltrate?" Iida asked him.

"Well, the moment we burst in, there's no doubt that they'll be waiting for us. Let me handle Uraraka and Kirishima, you speed past them and take out Aoyama."

"Understood." Iida nodded.

Enso opened his palm and a white energy ball emerged in it, "Time for an explosive entrance."

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Kirishima, Ochako, and Aoyama were all within a rather small and dimply lit room, waiting silently for either Enso and Iida to come in. The bomb was near the back of the room, slightly blending in with the darkness. They knew that the two were together, therefore it would take all of their strength to take them down.

But they didn't expect both of the doors to blast open.

The double doors were sent flying with pieces of rubble, forcing the three students to hide behind the pillars to avoid getting hit by anything.

"An explosion?!" Kirishima thought in shock.

They then saw both Enso and Iida run into the room, both dashing in towards different people.

Kirishima saw Iida heading towards him and activated his quirk, hardening his whole body up. "I won't move a muscle!" he grinned.

However, Iida just kept running towards him, but right at the last second, he used his speed to jump high over Kirishima, heading straight for Aoyama.

"Wha-!?" Kirishima tried to turn around, but he felt a hard fist slam into his hard face with a rather loud clank, even causing sparks to fly. Kirishima barely flinched and turned to see Enso with a white aura.

"Hm, quite the durability." Enso remarked about Kirishima as he went into another stance.

"Uraraka!" Kirishima called out.

"Release!" Ochako stated.

Kirishima then rose his arms above his head, as if shielding himself.

"Hm?" Enso looked up and his eyes widened to see several pieces of rubble floating on the ceiling above him. "This is their ambush!"

The rubble then regained gravitational pull, immediately raining down on Enso.

Enso narrowed his eyes as he stuck his arms up, turning his aura and eyes from white to blue. "Punk Style!"

Enso's eyes flashed blue and every piece of rubble stopped in the air before it could rain upon him, also surrounded in blue as well.

Kirishima was stunned, "No way! He stopped all of it!?"

Ochako was shocked, "I didn't think he would have enough time to use that!"

Enso then pulled his arms close to himself, causing the rubbed to also move closer to him as he stared in Ochako's direction.

"Good attempt, I clearly shouldn't underestimate you."

"Hero team wins!" All Might suddenly shouted.

"Eh?" Kirishima, Ochako, and even Enso himself uttered.

They all then turned their eyes to see Iida hugging the bomb with Aoyama knocked out next to him.

"Retrieved! I did it!" Iida proudly shouted with happy flowers around him.

Enso stared at him for a moment before sighing and releasing his aura, letting all the debris just hit the floor.

"Good work."

"I really didn't expect you to react so fast against my barrage." Ochako confessed to Enso with an awkward look.

"It was a rather nice plan, but you both gave it away. Kirishima raising his arms up to shield himself and you literally yelling 'release' to let the rubble fall gave me more than enough to know what was going on before it fell."

"Man, guess that was our fault then." Kirishima sighed in defeat.

Enso then made his way outside, with Ochako watching him as he left, actually smiling a bit. "Next time, I'll be stronger!"

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~{Afterschool}~

Izuku slowly opened his eyes with blurry vision, waking up to find himself in a room of white. He had to blink multiple times, but soon his vision fully returned and he discovered that he was in the nurse's office.

He weakly adjusted himself upward on the bed, partially lifting his arms up to examine them. They were both completely wrapped in bandages, then looking down at the rest of his body to discover that he was still wearing his tattered and burnt hero costume.

"Sorry, mom... I ruined the costume you gave me..." He thought in depression.

He laid his head back onto his pillow as he recollected his thoughts. The last thing he remembered was taking a direct hit from Bakugo's gauntlet attack, becoming completely unconscious afterword. But what was strange was that even though Izuku didn't remember anything after that, he swore that he could still feel his body move. He could even recall some faint feelings of pain from the moments he felt his body move.

He heard the curtain around his bed yanked, "Oh, you're awake."

Izuku turned to the left to see Enso standing beside the bed.

Izuku felt too tired to get up, "Enso?... What happened?" he asked weakly.

"Well..." Enso rubbed the back of his head, "A lot."

"Damn right. When you were carried in here, you looked like you were hit by an explosion!" Recovery Girl complained.

"But... I was hit by an explosion." Izuku confirmed.

"What the hell is Toshinori making you do!? I'm gonna knock some sense into him!" Recovery Girl shouted with angry fumes.

"Anyway-!" Enso interjected, "I'll explain exactly what happened to you." He grabbed a chair on the side and sat down next to Izuku's bed.

"You took a direct hit from that enormous explosion Bakugo released."

"I really did!? Then why am I not dead!?" Izuku asked with comedic bulging eyes.

Enso karate chopped him on his head, "Ow!"

"Stop yelling." He adjusted himself in his seat. "I examined your body's state with the watch on my wrist, as it is one of its key functions. I found out some rather interesting things during your battle."

"Interesting... things?" Izuku repeated, a bump on his head where Enso had struck.

Enso tapped his watch and projected the different states Izuku's body and brain had gone in during his battle.

"As you see here, before taking the attack, your heart rate was obviously high but the activity in these parts of your brain shows that you were angry and stressed at the moment, correct?"

Izuku thought about it for a moment, before then nodding in confirmation, "Y-Yeah... I-I was thinking about letting you and All Might down, that I would be leaving all these people that I was just becoming friends with behind. I-I didn't want to die..."

"Of course you didn't wish to die. But that stress and those thoughts appeared to have activated something."

"A-Activated?" Izuku repeated in confusion.

Enso swiped to the side and showed Izuku's body right before taking the attack, "Do you see those black spots around your body?"

Izuku saw black patches around his diagram. "Y-Yeah?"

"That's energy. Energy that came out and protected you just before you got covered in the flames, shielding most of your body and barely saving you."

Izuku was dumbstruck, "E-E-Energy!? From what!?"

"Well..." Enso folded his hands together, "I think we may have found your 'special power'"

Izuku's eyes widened, "Y-You mean... M-My quirk?"

"Whether it's your real quirk or just some otherworldly power I was looking for, it still activated it."

Izuku looked down in disbelief, his body feeling giddy at thinking that he had a quirk all this time. But then again, he didn't know if it was actually his quirk, but it was still something.

Shaking, he looked back to Enso, "Wh-What was my quirk, or power, exactly?"

"I think you should see for yourself." Enso stood up and pulled out a small metallic disk of some sort form his pocket. "All Might gave me a copy of the battle."

He placed it on the desk next to him and tapped it, which then activated a holographic screen that showed Izuku unconscious on the ground. Izuku watched as he grew a black aura around himself and stood back up creepily, before then seeing his red and black eyes.

He was shaking, "Th-That was me?"

Before Enso even answered, the video showed Izuku already punching Bakugo in the stomach, then proceeding to use brute force to kick the boy down through many stories.

Izuku could feel his blood grow cold as he saw the look on his own face, one of murderous intent. "N-N-No way... I-I did that to Kacchan?"

He watched the rest of the video to the point where he held Bakugo up, which was when All Might called to him and somehow stopped him. That was when Izuku's look in the video turned into one of fear and confusion, then going into immense pain with black veins showing before he finally went unconscious.

"I-I did all of that!? But I don't even remember any of it!" Izuku shouted in a panicked manner, placing both of his hands atop his head.

"Calm down. Freaking out won't help." Enso told him.

Izuku didn't even seem to listen as he turned his head side to side, "Wh-Where's Kacchan?! Is he alright!?"

"That boy left here quite some time ago, but both of his arms were broken when he came in. He should be fine if he doesn't use them for a bit." Recovery Girl reassured the boy.

"I-I see..." Izuku said, calming down slightly to hear that he didn't kill his old bully.

"So, back to your power, you told me that right before going unconscious, you thought about letting All Might and I down, correct? Even thinking about the friends you would be leaving?" Enso asked, getting back to the matter at hand.

Izuku nodded. "Y-Yeah... I saw everyone that I've met, all the things that I've done before..."

"So basically, your life flashed before your eyes?"

"S-Something like that." Izuku agreed.

"That tends to happen to people in situations close to death. They go through their entire life in a desperate attempt to find a way to survive. But you doing this must've triggered your ability and had it automatically protect you, perhaps because you desperately wanted to live."

Enso looked down and sighed, "But I don't know how to explain how you suddenly got back up and decimated Bakugo without even being aware of it... It's clearly something you wouldn't do if you were conscious."

"I-I wouldn't want to hurt Kacchan like that..." Izuku said, looking down in guilt.

"I know, that's why I'm theorizing that there is something more to your power." Enso held up a finger, "Theory one, your power activates when you're at an extreme, near-death situation and works to automatically eliminate the threat to you."

He held up another finger, "Or two, your emotions influenced your power to come out and lash out at the only thing it could target, so you went berserk basically. We don't have enough information to see if either of those are correct, but for now, those are the closest things to explanations we could get."

Izuku looked rather intrigued, "Hopefully I could use it again... B-But consciously this time..."

Enso clapped his hands together, "So, what are you gonna name it?"

"Eh?" Izuku looked up at him, rather perplexed.

"I mean, the power you're using is clearly different than One For All, so it should have its own name." Enso pointed out.

"I-I mean I-I could give it a name, but..." Izuku fiddled his fingers. "W-We don't really know enough about it to properly name it..."

Enso shrugged, "Fair enough."

Izuku then heard the school bell ring in the halls.

"Heh?" He looked up and saw the clock on the wall. "It's after school!?"

"Yes, you were unconscious for the rest of the afternoon classes." Enso confirmed.

"Why didn't you just give me a bean to wake me up!?!" Izuku exclaimed.

"I'm trying to save them. Recovery Girl was here and I'm low on them because of how many times you broke your arms." Enso glared at him.

Izuku shivered, "S-Sorry..." But then a new thought came to mind, "Why are you here then if class wasn't over yet?"

"I had Nezu call me on the loudspeaker so that I could come here."

"So you skipped class!?"

"Look who's talking."

"I was unconscious!!"

"Would you two quit bickering!?" Recovery Girl said angrily, spinning off her chair and walking to Izuku's bedside. "You're alright now anyway sonny, you didn't break anything." She looked away, "Surprisingly..." She turned back to him, "You could both leave and stop annoying me now."

"Th-Thank you for your treatment." Izuku said as he got out of the bed and bowed to her.

The two left the nurses' office and continued down the hall, where many students were already leaving their classrooms.

"Aizawa is gonna be mad at me for missing my afternoon classes..." Izuku said nervously.

"Most likely. He may make you stay after school one day." Enso added as they reached the classroom.

"That doesn't make me feel better." Izuku sighed as he grabbed the handle and slid open the door.

"Oh! Midoriya's here!" Kirishima exclaimed, glad to see the boy there.

Many of the class rushed to him.

"Eh?!" Izuku uttered, surprised at the sudden number of people around him.

"You remember me?" Kirishima asked, pointing at himself.

"U-Um, Eijiro Kirishima?" Izuku answered.

"Yeah! Good to know you remembered me! None of us knew what you guys were saying during the match, but you were all really fired up!" Kirishima grinned.

"I'm kind of sad that I lost, but I kind of expected that with how Bakugo was acting and forcing me to go up against the girl's acid." Sero said with a slightly embarrassed smile. "We saw the video of what you did though, I was so surprised."

"Midori!" Mina came from the side with a smile, "You're alright! I saw what happened to you later, you were so cool! But..." Her smile faded, and she eyed the boy, "You got hit by that explosion... I can't believe you were perfectly fine after that."

"Yeah man, how did you survive that?" Kaminari asked as well.

Izuku felt rather nervous, "W-Well, I-"

He didn't even get to answer before someone burst through the crowd and grabbed him by each of his shoulders, then shaking him rather violently. "Deku!! Are you okay!? That was terrifying! I thought you died! Then you turned scary! What happened to you there!?!" Izuku's eyes widened as he got shaken.

"Wa-!?" His eyes were just barely able to pick up that it was Ochako shaking him, a more than just worried expression with her faces inches from Izuku's.

"Sh-She's so close!" Izuku thought with a blush.

"He can't explain if you keep shaking him." Enso told her.

"Ah, sorry!" Ochako let go of him, backing up rather shyly.

Izuku looked up embarrassingly as he spoke, "W-Well, I can't really explain what happened, I don't understand it myself. It was the first time I ever did something like that and I don't even remember it. I had to see it for myself in a video of the battle when I woke up."

"Really? That was the first time that ever happened?" Ochako asked, rather confused.

"Y-Yeah, I guess it's just another part of my quirk... I have a lot to learn." He said with a meek laugh.

"But, It was scary... You didn't look like... You." Ochako said softly, head looking down.

"I-I'll learn to use it!" Izuku stammered immediately, not wanting to see the girl so down.

The tall, muscular boy with puffy lips came over, "But it was still really amazing what you could do."

"U-Um, s-sorry, but you are-?" Izuku told him.

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet." The boy hit his own chest, "I'm Rikido Sato! You really inspired everyone to go at their best after that performance."

The frog-like girl emerged from behind the tall boy, pointing a finger at herself, "I'm Tsuyu Asui, I hope we get along, kero."

"Kero?" Izuku repeated.

"I'm Mineta!" The short purple-haired boy sprang up out of nowhere.

Izuku saw the invisible girl appear next to Mina, "Heya Midori!"

"E-Eh!?" Izuku uttered, caught off guard and blushing by the sudden name.

Mina grinned next to her, "This is my best friend! Toru Hagakure! She kinda liked the sound of Midori as well! So guess what? She'll be calling you that too! Hope you don't mind!"

Izuku nervously looked down, "I-I don't..."

"Oh wow, you were right Mina. He really is meek." Hagakure chuckled.

"But he was so cool fighting against Bakugo!" Mina shouted in glee, sticking a fist in the air.

"M-Me? C-Cool?" Izuku humbly thought, feeling glad that someone thought of him that way.

Enso stared silently at the group as they interacted with Izuku, taking each of their personalities into account before catching sight of someone in the corner of his eye.

He saw Momo standing by her desk, watching Izuku from afar with a worried look.

He walked over to her while all the attention was on Izuku.

"You're not going to go talk to him?" Enso asked when he came upon her.

Momo turned to him, "I wish to speak to him alone..."

Enso sighed, "I see..." He glanced over at the small group. "Have you been listening to what they're saying right now at least?" He asked Mom.

"Yes... It's hard to believe that he doesn't even remember what he did. I'm... I'm worried about what would happen if it ever happens to him again. He nearly killed Bakugo, and... that look in his eyes..."

"Don't worry, it clearly wasn't Izuku doing that of his own accord. There has to be something more to it. He'll figure it out, I know it."

Momo could hear the sincerity in Enso voice, actually surprising her. "Despite looking so... emotionless, I could tell how he feels sometimes." She smiled, "I guess there is always a way to understand someone."

"U-Um, hey Ochako, where's Kacchan? Izuku asked.

"Hm? Do you mean Bakugo? He left a few moments earlier after class ended." Asui answered for her.

Realizing this and knowing that Bakugo was most likely nearing the entrance, Izuku immediately ran out.

"I'm heading out now! Enso please take my bag for me! I'll see you all tomorrow!" He shouted.

"Izuku wait!" Momo called after him, standing up from her seat and not expecting him to suddenly run out.

Much of the class heard her, especially Minoru Mineta, who couldn't help but turn black or white when she heard her.

"F-F-First name basis?" He mustered out.

"First name, are they what I think they are!?" Mina shouted in glee with hearts over her head.

Momo rolled her eyes and grabbed her bag, running out after the boy.

"Wait! I wanna hear the details!" Mina shouted, about to chase after her.

But Enso appeared in front of the doorway, blocking her path.

"Hey! Move it!" Mina pouted.

"You're having wrong assumptions." He told her.

"What do you mean?"

Enso sighed, "I guess I should explain before you all continue to misunderstand..."

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Izuku jumped down the stairs rather than walking down them, rushing as fast as he could to make sure that he could catch up to Bakugo.

His face looked guilty as he rushed out, remembering the things his former tormentor asked him before.

"Why the hell would you lie to me!?!"

He slid down the railing.

"You got a flashy quirk all this time?! So why did you lie about it!?"

He burst out of the front doors and caught sight of Bakugo walking out of the gates, his back turned to him.

"Kacchan!" Izuku yelled to him, running forward and catching up.

Bakugo stopped walking.

He then slowly turned his body towards Izuku, who stopped and flinched to see Bakugo's arms completely wrapped in bandages.

"I... I really did that to him..."

Bakugo glared at him.

"What the fuck do you want Deku?" he asked him in a threatening tone.

Izuku could feel himself shaking, whether it was out of nervousness of what he was gonna say, or fear of Bakugo's anger.

He looked down, sweating nervously as he thought about just how lied to Bakugo must've felt when he learned that Izuku got a quirk. Izuku knew that he shouldn't say everything, but his guilt would get to him soon, so he knew he had to say something.

"Th-There's something that I have to tell you... I-When-I mean..."

Bakugo looked to be getting annoyed.

Izuku took a deep breath and just spoke, "I-I never lied to you Kacchan, when you thought that I was quirkless for my entire life... You were right, I never had a quirk growing up, I never manifest my quirk in the middle of the year, I..."

He paused for a moment.

"...My quirk was something I received."

"What?" Bakugo growled, gaze getting more intense.

Izuku continued, "My quirk was given to me, but I can't say by who. I couldn't even use it properly when I first obtained it, I had to get the help of someone else to learn how to use even a bit of power."

Bakugo narrowed his eyes.

"In our class, E-Enso is... h-he-he's my mentor. He taught me all of the moves I've used up to now, he taught me to develop my body so that I could actually use my quirk, and... he became my friend."

Tears started to form in Izuku's eyes, "He helped me on my chance to become a hero. He helped me get as strong as I am now so that I could get here."

He looked back up to Bakugo, "B-But even though I learned so much, I wasn't able to beat you!"

Bakugo grit his teeth, "What the hell do you mean by that?"

Izuku sniffled, "During our battle, when I became like... 'that', I know that you got hurt real badly."

He took a step forward.

"B-But, that wasn't me! I'm sure you know that too! I've never done something like that before, I never remembered any of that happened, and I would never hurt you that much! I-I know you're angry, more than just angry thinking that you lost to me, but... I-I wasn't the one that beat you Kacchan, I wasn't the one in control, so I can't say that I won against you with my own power!"

Izuku formed a sad smile on his face, tears still waterfalling down his eyes.

"When you said that I couldn't do anything by myself? You were right. I had to get the help of others to get me to where I am... but I'm not ashamed of it! If it means that I can be right here and fight closer to the person I've admired for so long, if it means that I could show you that I'm not the same Deku that I was back then, then I'm glad that I got that help to keep me here! But now..."

Izuku raised up a fist, rather determined.

"I'm going to show you what I could do on my own! I'll show you how strong I really am when I learn how to use my power consciously, and I'm going to beat you with my full strength!"

He then remained silent, finished saying everything that had been on his mind.

Bakugo had cross veins on his head, shaking in immense anger.

Izuku shivered nervously, "All I wanted to do was let him know that I didn't trick him!! What am I doing saying so much!?"

Bakugo fully turned his body to the boy, taking one step forward, which made Izuku flinch.

"What the hell are you talking about?" He growled. "So you're telling me... that the fucking edgelord in our class is your trainer!? You 'received' your quirk!? You weren't even the one that fought me?!"

He gritted his teeth tighter, "What the hell are you saying!?!"

He took another step forward. "Are you trying to make a bigger fool out of me than you've already done!? Humiliating me like it was nothing, then claiming that it wasn't even you!?"

"K-Kacchan." Izuku uttered worryingly.

"Don't screw with me! I lost today! That's all there is to it! Don't go making shit up that you didn't fight, that you didn't even have to use your own power to beat me!"

Bakugo pointed finger at him.

"I'm just getting started Deku! It doesn't mean shit to me whether or not you know how to use that shit power of yours! Next time I'll beat you! I'll show you that I'm the best hero! Get that into that thick skull of yours you fucking... NERD!"

Bakugo then spun and started marching off, yelling "DAMN IT!"

Izuku stared with a blank look on his face as Bakugo marched off.

"That went... surprisingly better than I expected. I might have said more than I should've, but Kacchan wouldn't even bother telling anyone about it..."

He rubbed the back of his head and sighed. "I guess I should wait for Enso to come out with my bag..."

Izuku then heard someone step behind him. "Eh?"

Spinning around, he saw Momo staring at him with sorry eyes.

"M-Momo!? H-How long were you standing there!?!"

Momo put a hand on her chin, "I followed you out of the class because I wanted to talk again, then I saw you talking with Bakugo. It may not have been professional of me, but I got worried and... listened in."

Izuku felt an ice block drop in his stomach, "Y-Y-You heard all of that?"

"Not everything. I wasn't here for the beginning, but I've listened from when you mentioned that Ureshi... was actually your mentor."

Although still panicked, Izuku felt a little glad that she didn't hear about receiving his quirk.

"Th-That long, huh?" Izuku uttered, nervously rubbing the back of his head and avoiding a direct look at her.

She nodded, "Yes, I had a feeling that there was something off about Ureshi, as rude as that sounds, but I'm surprised to hear that he was actually the one that taught you everything you knew."

"Y-Yeah..." Izuku nervously laughed.

"But... Why didn't you tell me?" Momo asked, looking a little mad.

Izuku flinched, "I mean- I-I sort of did..."

"You said he only taught you a few things, then you told me that someone else trained you so that your body could use your quirk, I'm just confused."

Izuku fiddled his fingers, "O-Okay... E-Enso really is my 'teacher' you can call him, he taught me everything that I could do now. The reason I didn't want to tell you was... well, he just didn't want me telling other people about it in general."

Momo looked surprised, "But why keep it a secret? If anything, I'm sure that some of our classmates would be glad to train with him after seeing what you could do."

Izuku chuckled, "That might be why he doesn't want them to know."

"Oh." Momo realized. "He doesn't seem fond of interacting with others..."

"Yeah, but that's just him. Sorry for keeping it secret though."

"No, I should apologize, it's unlike me to try to press on for an answer." Momo said, partially bowing to the boy.

Izuku got flustered and flailed his arms, "P-Please don't bow to me! I-I don't deserve it!"

Momo straightened back up and looked down saw the rips and burns on Izuku's hero costume, also noticing the many bandages on his arms from the burns he experienced.

She walked close to him, extending a hand and looking rather serious, "May I?"

"Eh?" Izuku stopped flailing and looked at his arm, then extending it out, "O-Okay?"

Momo gently held it with one hand and felt upon it with her other, eyes of sadness forming. "You poor thing..."

Momo's gentle touch stiffened the boy, making him blush harder, "I-Its nothing! I-I mean K-Kacchan has even worse injuries!"

"He had it coming! He... He almost..." Momo raised her voice, surprising Izuku before she let it trail off.

He felt her grip on his arm get tighter as Momo tilted her head down, visibly shaking.

"M-Momo?" Izuku uttered in worry.

"I-I never felt so scared in my life... I-I thought you died..." She weakly cried out.

Izuku's eyes widened.

"Just when I thought we would be working to become heroes together... You were suddenly gone in flames. I-I couldn't believe it, I didn't want to believe it!"

"She's stuttering, she never does that..." Izuku thought in pure shock.

Izuku's nervousness faded away when he heard the tone of the girl's voice, realizing that she was struggling not to cry. Being the kind-hearted and over-worried boy he was, he knew he had to say something to keep the precious girl from shedding tears.

Calming down, Izuku took the girl by her hand, getting her attention to look at him, forming a small smile.

"Momo, I'm not gonna die anytime soon. If things ever look bad, if it ever looks like I'm in a bad spot, then I'll find a way out of it, just like today."

"B-But... What makes you so sure that you could get out of anything!?" Momo cried out.

Izuku formed a precious, closed-eyed smile, "Because it's what heroes do."

Momo's eyes widened and she could literally feel Izuku's spirit reaching her.

Izuku confidentially held her hand, "They always find a way out of tough spots, they always find a way to save people, and they always find ways to stop villains. That's what heroes do, that's what we'll do, so there's no way I'll die anytime soon, I won't. I have to live so that I could become a hero with you. I promise you that no matter what, no matter how terrible the situation, I'll make it out alive so that we can become great heroes together."

Hearin all of his reassuring and well thought out words, Momo could feel herself brightening up, smiling and wiping away the single tear that was going down her eye.

"Thank you Izuku... I'll take your word for it." She said with a small smile.

"Good to know." Izuku replied.

"Are we... interrupting something?"

Izuku and Momo flinched at the new voice and turned to see Enso standing with a small group consisting of Ochako, Iida, and even Mina with Hagakure, staring at them and blinking repeatedly.

Iida adjusted his glasses, "Are you sure you two aren't-?"

"Don't finish that." Enso interjected.

"I-I-I..." Izuku had turned deep red and let go of Momo's hand, covering his face as steam erupted from his embarrassment. Momo turned away from them to hide her embarrassment as well, head equally steaming.

Mina pouted, "Is he taken or not!? Can't you people make up your minds!?"

Ochako just shook, her chest beating faster for unknown reasons.

Enso was the one to say something, stepping in between both groups and tapping Momo's shoulder to get her attention.

"Eh?"

"You were really worried about him, weren't you?" He asked.

Momo looked a little confused, "W-Well..." She looked down, still embarrassed, "O-Of course..."

Enso looked back to everyone else, "You all were, so you should know what their moment was about just now."

Ochako put a hand on her chest, a hurt expression forming as she remembered when Izuku nearly died.

Enso walked up to the emerald boy and thwacked him on the head.

"Ow! What's with you hitting me!?" Izuku bawled out with comedic tears.

"You made everyone worried, even making both Uraraka and Yaoyororzu cry. What kind of hero does that?" Enso sighed.

"Eh!? I did!?! I'm sorry!" Izuku said, bowing repeatedly to both Ochako and Momo.

Ochako turned just as red as Izuku, embarrassed as she flailed her arms. "P-Please just don't scare me like that again Deku.."

Momo felt nearly as embarrassed as she did on the train before, "It's okay... Just be sure to keep that promise..."

Enso tossed Izuku's yellow backpack at him.

Izuku nearly fumbled with it as he caught it, "Ah, thanks..." He looked over at the rest of the people there, giving them an awkward smile, "Sorry for making you all worry about me."

"Apology accepted Midoriya!" Iida shouted with a hand up.

"Hey, I wasn't that worried! I knew you lived, and you even helped us win the battle!" Mina grinned.

"Not worried? But weren't you the one who tried to sneak out of class to see him before Aizawa caught you?" Hagakure grinned, but no one else could see.

Mina winced, cheeks turning lilac, "Hey!"

Enso turned to Izuku, "Now that that's over with, come with me to my place Izuku, I wish to discuss something."

"U-Um, alright." He and Enso started to step away from the group, with Izuku waving at them, "His place is in the opposite direction that we usually go, so we'll be splitting off now! Bye everyone, I'll see you all tomorrow!"

"Bye Deku!" Ochako called out.

Everyone else said their goodbyes as Izuku and Enso ran off in a hurry, most likely to save time as the sun was already going down.

When they left, Mina turned to Ochako and Momo with a toothy grin, "So you two you really cried?"

Momo and Ochako both blasted out steam.

Hagakure laughed, "Come on Mina, don't tease them like that!"

Mina chuckled, "But it's so fun! Especially teasing Midori, his reactions are adorable!"

"Midori!?" Ochako and Momo both uttered out.

"Another nickname?" Iida asked curiously.

"Yeah, because he has green hair! He even calls me by my first name back!" Mina clarified.

"But didn't you two officially meet today? Isn't it a little soon for you to be calling each other by that?" Momo asked.

Ochako looked away with some guilt, "He did that with me though... I can't really say anything..."

"Maybe. I let him call me Mina because I thought it would be super easy to tease him when he said it in embarrassment, but now he says it without a second thought." Mina shrugged. "But he's gotten embarrassed so many other times! Did you see how flustered he got when I pressed myself against his back, his face was priceless!"

Ochako and Momo both turned their heads with intimidating looks.

"Wait, so you knew?" Momo asked with a cold, look.

"You knew what you were pressing against him?" Ochako asked with a similar menacing look.

"E-Eh? Why are you both looking at me like that?" Mina asked nervously as they started to overshadow her.

"Good luck Mina!" Hagakure said as she ran off.

"H-Hey! Don't leave me!"

Iida also immediately proceeded to walk away, "This could get ugly..." he thought as he walked out of the gate.